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  2. Basement waterproofing - Wikipedia

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    A French drain, PVC pipe, or other drainage system is installed in the newly made channel. The installed drain is covered with new cement. The installed drain is covered with new cement. The drainage system collects any water entering the basement and drains it to an internally placed sump pump system, which will then pump the water out of the ...

  3. French drain - Wikipedia

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    A French drain[1] (also known by other names including trench drain, blind drain, [1] rubble drain, [1] and rock drain[1]) is a trench filled with gravel or rock, or both, with or without a perforated pipe that redirects surface water and groundwater away from an area. The perforated pipe is called a weeping tile (also called a drain tile or ...

  4. Drainage - Wikipedia

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    Drainage. High-density polyethylene pipe installation in a storm drain project, Mexico. Drainage is the natural or artificial removal of a surface's water and sub-surface water from an area with excess water. The internal drainage of most agricultural soils can prevent severe waterlogging (anaerobic conditions that harm root growth), but many ...

  5. Mansard roof - Wikipedia

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    A mansard roof on the Château de Dampierre, by Jules Hardouin-Mansart, great-nephew of François Mansart. A mansard or mansard roof (also called French roof or curb roof) is a multi-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterised by two slopes on each of its sides, with the lower slope at a steeper angle than the upper, and often punctured by dormer windows.

  6. Mas (Mediterranean farmhouse) - Wikipedia

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    A mas near Rognes north of Aix-en-Provence Mas in the Luberon region La Masia in Barcelona Mas in the Drôme department. A mas (Occitan:, Catalan:) in the Provence and Midi; masia (Catalan pronunciation:, Sardinian pronunciation:) in Catalonia, Balearic Islands, the Land of Valencia and Sardinia; or masía (Spanish pronunciation: in Aragon is a traditional farmhouse.

  7. Sewerage - Wikipedia

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    Sewerage. Sewerage (or sewage system) is the infrastructure that conveys sewage or surface runoff (stormwater, meltwater, rainwater) using sewers. It encompasses components such as receiving drains, manholes, pumping stations, storm overflows, and screening chambers of the combined sewer or sanitary sewer. Sewerage ends at the entry to a sewage ...

  8. Damp (structural) - Wikipedia

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    Damp (structural) Detail showing some of the causes of damp penetration. Structural dampness is the presence of unwanted moisture in the structure of a building, either the result of intrusion from outside or condensation from within the structure. A high proportion of damp problems in buildings are caused by ambient climate dependent factors ...

  9. Bastide (Provençal manor) - Wikipedia

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    Bastide [1] is a local term for a manor house in Provence, in the south of France, located in the countryside or in a village, and originally occupied by a wealthy farmer.A bastide is larger and more elegant than the farmhouse called a mas, and is square or rectangular, with a tile roof, walls of fine ashlar-stone sometimes covered with stucco or whitewashed, and often built in a square around ...